Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity Earns US$3 Million in U.S. Theatrical Run
The strong box office performance for a theatrical preview of the final arc's first episodes signals sustained audience demand for the Bleach anime's conclusion.
Key Facts
- The screening of the first three episodes of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity earned US$3,000,000 at the U.S. box office and ranked #8.
- The episodes ran in 943 theaters from June 25-29, 2025, with both subtitled and dubbed versions.
- The screening included an exclusive behind-the-scenes conversation with creator Tite Kubo and directors Tomohisa Taguchi and Hikaru Murata.
- The full series premieres on TV Tokyo on July 25, 2025 at 11:00 p.m. JST.
- Singer jo0ji performs the opening theme song 'I-BULL,' and singer-songwriter 9Lana performs the ending theme song 'Rasen' (Spiral).
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The screening of the first three episodes of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity, the fourth and final part of the anime, grossed US$3,000,000 in the U.S. box office and ranked #8. The episodes screened in 943 theaters from June 25-29, with both subtitled and dubbed versions, plus a behind-the-scenes conversation with creator Tite Kubo and directors Tomohisa Taguchi and Hikaru Murata. The full series premieres on TV Tokyo on July 25.
The screening of the first three episodes of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity earned US$3,000,000 at the U.S. box office and ranked #8, according to Box Office Mojo. The episodes ran in 943 theaters from June 25-29, offered in Japanese with English subtitles and an English dub, and included an exclusive behind-the-scenes conversation with creator Tite Kubo, chief series director Tomohisa Taguchi, and series director Hikaru Murata. The full series premieres on TV Tokyo on July 25 at 11:00 p.m. JST (10:00 a.m. EDT), with streaming on Japanese services beginning July 26. Singer jo0ji performs the opening theme song "I-BULL," and singer-songwriter 9Lana performs the ending theme song "Rasen" (Spiral).
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